AEROCOMP LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05246900 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-30
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fund management activities
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees00

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-28
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  4. 2023-09-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-09-28
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-10-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-25
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-26
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    capital · SH02
  16. 2014-09-24
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    HATTON, Gillian Ruth appointed
    director
  17. 2014-09-24
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    HATTON, Paul resigned
    director
  18. 2005-11-05
    ➖
    PELLANDINO, Paola resigned
    secretary
  19. 2005-11-05
    ➖
    FIRTH, Neil Russell, Dr resigned
    director
  20. 2004-09-30
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    Company incorporated
    As AEROCOMP LIMITED
  21. 2004-09-30
    ➕
    HATTON, Gillian Ruth appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-09-30
    ➕
    PELLANDINO, Paola appointed
    secretary
  23. 2004-09-30
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-09-30
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-09-30
    ➕
    FIRTH, Neil Russell, Dr appointed
    director
  26. 2004-09-30
    ➕
    HATTON, Paul appointed
    director
  27. 2004-09-30
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2004-09-30
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

90/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Gillian Ruth Hatton
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-09-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66300 — Fund management activities

Registered office

10 Court Farm Mews
Bristol Road
Stonehouse
Gloucestershire
GL10 3RA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

HATTON, Gillian Ruth→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HATTON, Gillian Ruth→
director · ~67y · appointed 2014-09-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PELLANDINO, Paola→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-30 · resigned 2005-11-05
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-09-30 · resigned 2004-09-30
Resigned
FIRTH, Neil Russell, Dr→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-09-30 · resigned 2005-11-05
Resigned
HATTON, Paul→
director · ~67y · appointed 2004-09-30 · resigned 2014-09-24
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-09-30 · resigned 2004-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-28
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-17